Bioluminescence in the high Arctic during the polar night

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Berge, Jørgen, Båtnes, Anna Solvang, Johnsen, Geir, Blackwell, Susan, Moline, Mark A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2012
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; Arctic; Kongsfjord; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; polar night; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4975; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1798-0

This study examines the composition and activity of the planktonic community during the polar night in the high Arctic Kongsfjord, Svalbard. Our results are the first published evidence of bioluminescence among zooplankton during the Arctic polar night. The observations were collected by a bathyphot...